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121) Seeing things
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xii, 320 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Birdie Wainwright sees things--purple flowers growing out of floors and alpine slopes where her stairs ought to be. But she's not worried. It's just her macular degeneration acting up. No vision is going to stop this tango-loving grandmother!...Then one day, she sidesteps an imaginary boulder---and tumbles down the stairs. The bad news? A broken ankle. The worse news? She must convalesce at her son's home, under the harsh eye of her daughter-in-law....
122) Golden
Author
Series
Publisher
EPIC Escape, an imprint of EPIC Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Traveling to Canada to work as a tour guide was supposed to help Lewis figure out what to do with his life. But hitting gold rush trail with a group of seniors goes from a chore to dangerous when a girl without a past joins in and brings trouble in her wake. Soon, he's confronted with a tangled mess of lies, accusations, and feelings he was totally unprepared for" -- Page [4] cover.
123) Death on demand
Author
Publisher
Creme de la Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the newspapers turn up to cover Ruby Bright's 100th birthday, they find her seaside care home is a murder scene. Someone spirited Ruby away by wheelchair down to the water's edge on the idyllic north Norfolk coast and strangled her. But why kill a harmless centurion? As Detective Inspector Shaw and Detective Sergeant Valentine investigate, it's clear Ruby wasn't the first victim, and nor is she the last. All trails seem to lead back to the old...
124) Jack in the pulpit
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Cynthia Riggs gives us the story of how Victoria Trumbell, the energetic nonagenarian amateur sleuth, first came to be a police deputy. While a conflict ensues between the town's retiring minister and his successor, both named Jack, four parishioners have unexpectedly died after being sent anonymous food baskets.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Life near the North Korean border is a zero-sum game, an ongoing battle in which you either win or you lose. This dangerous, shadowed netherworld is home to an unforgettable woman known only as the "trickster." Inspired by the story of Lee's great aunt, one of the oldest women to escape alone from North Korea, 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster consists of eight dark and spellbinding chapters that follow this remarkable character and her family as...
128) Do©ła Pi©łones
Author
Description
The silly adventures of Do©ła Pi©łones, an old lady who is afraid of anything and everything until a little boy finds out about her fears and comes to the rescue.
129) Doña Piñones
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1. ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
Español
Description
The silly adventures of Doña Piñones, an old lady who is afraid of anything and everything until a little boy finds out about her fears and comes to the rescue.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the redemptive story of a down-and-out ER crisis counselor caught between an elderly couple's desire to remain autonomous and a research psychiatrist determined to discover an Alzheimer's vaccine
131) X
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1979 some young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast members find themselves in a fight for their lives.
Author
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"End-of-life care--or assisted death? When her elderly patients start dying at home days after minor surgery, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey wants to know why. The surgeon, not so much. Old people die, that's what they do, is his response. When Kate presses, surgeon Charles Ricken places the blame squarely on her shoulders. Kate is currently on probation and the chief of staff sides with the surgeon, leaving Kate to prove her innocence and save...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 261 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mathematical knitters group is working on a coral reef quilt for a competition to draw attention to global warming. When a telephone stalker begins preying on their members, they turn to Victoria for help.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The last thing twenty-one-year-old Stella Nightingale wants is a job as a caregiver for wealthy Alice Montclair Whittington. Alice, a ninety-four-year-old Southern grande dame with a dry sense of humor and a wicked tongue, has already run off a long line of caregivers. But Stella, a former runaway from a broken home who's only recently begun to put her life back together, is desperate for work. And she figures she can handle Alice. But strange things...
Author
Series
Seashell cottage book volume 1
Publisher
Wild Quail Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two years ago, Noelle North's then-fiancé left her waiting at the church on Christmas--her wedding day and birthday. Two years later, she knows she cannot endure another holiday season at home in Boston. At the urging of four women at the assisted-living community where she serves as health director, Noelle decides to rent Seashell Cottage on the Gulf Coast of Florida for the holidays. She meets Silas Bellingham, the cutest seven-year-old boy she's...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Christmas has always been a special time for Noelle Parker. Winter evenings spent with family and friends, drinking hot chocolate and eating cookies at her family's cozy bakery have shaped her love for all things festive. But this year everything is changing... The beloved bakery is facing closure and Noelle needs a miracle to save Christmas. Determined to raise funds for the family business, Noelle sets about revamping the bakery while juggling...
140) Going in style
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.